DECEMBER 2
TODAY IN 1971 LED ZEPPELIN RELEASE THE FIRST TRACK, “BLACK DOG”, FROM THEIR FOURTH ALBUM, WITH “MISTY MOUNTAIN HOP” AS THE B-SIDE. THE TITLE IS IN REFERENCE TO A NAMELESS BLACK LABRADOR RETRIEVER THAT WANDERED AROUND THE STUDIOS DURING THE RECORDING OF THE ALBUM.
IN 2013 ROGER TAYLOR AND BRIAN MAY OPENED THE ‘QUEEN STUDIO EXPERIENCE’, AN EXHIBITION OF QUEEN MEMORABILIA AT MOUNTAIN STUDIOS IN SWITZERLAND, WHERE THEY RECORDED MANY TIMES SPANNING SEVEN ALBUMS AND WHERE FREDDIE MERCURY RECORDED HIS LAST VOCAL.
AND HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO A COUPLE OF ROCKSTAR BASS PLAYERS – RICK SAVAGE OF DEF LEPPARD IS 64 TODAY ALONG WITH NATE MENDEL OF THE FOO FIGHTERS WHO TURN 56.